St. Francis' Canossian College (

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located in

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. It was founded on 7 May 1869 as the second school established by the Italian Canossian Daughters of Charity in

. The wall painting of four

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playing instruments is the school's

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. St. Francis' is one of the very few

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English secondary schools that comprise an

comprehensive feeder primary school, which is known as St. Francis' Canossian School. The primary section is located on St. Francis Street and underneath the Kennedy Road campus. Well known for its long list of distinguished alumni, the school has been identified as one of the most prestigious Catholic girls' schools in

School history

;The Origin – A House at Wan Chai's Slum In 1860, a small group of Canossian Sisters left their native

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and moved to Hong Kong for

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. In order to teach and care for the moral welfare of the many poor children who lived in

, in 1869, Canossian Sisters took a house to provide proper education with an emphasis on moral growth and self-respect to the poor and needy, which was the beginning of today's St. Francis' Canossian College. The Sisters did not only start a school, they also set up a hospital and an orphanage at the same address. After visiting the school, the

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was very impressed with the school's education, so he invited the school to join the "Grant-in-aid" Scheme. Although the school became a government establishment and one of the earliest Grant Schools in Hong Kong, the administration and management still belonged to Canossian Daughters of Charity. ;The Development in Post-War Era The school closed in 1941 due to the Japanese Occupation, but the determination and passion of the Sisters did not waver. After the

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ended in 1945, the school re-opened and was named "Sacred Heart Junior School" until 1953 when it was renamed as "St. Francis' Canossian College." As a result of increasing demand of school places, the school started an expansion project with two extensions completed in 1956 and 1958. In the meantime, the school established the first team of Red Cross Youth Unit in 1956, which became one of the most sizable uniform groups in Hong Kong. To further fulfill educational needs, the school introduced Form Six classes in 1962 and since then provided quality education from Primary One to Form Six. The hall building also opened in 1985, which consisted of a gymnasium, a library, a needlework room, a cookery room etc. ;The Millennium Campus Eventually, only the school campus for both secondary section and primary section remained standing on Kennedy Road while the other buildings on St. Francis Street were used as the convent for Canossian Sisters and Caritas Magdalene School. Caritas Magdalene School was redeveloped into the new campus for the primary section in 2007 and the expansion project for the primary section finished in 2010. St. Francis' redevelopment construction for secondary section has started in 2011 and finished in 2018. The total site area of primary and secondary section is around 9,517m², which takes up the hillside from St. Francis Street to Kennedy Road.

Timeline

19th century

* 1869 – School was founded on 7 May. In response to

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's request, Canossian Daughters of Charity started a school around the St. Francis Yard area and took charge of the first Catholic hospital in Hong Kong, St. Francis' Hospital, which was once abandoned by Catholic Diocese. * 1870 – A piece of land was granted by the government to build the campus, where included a hospital, an orphanage and a school taught in Chinese, English and Portuguese. * 1876 – First graduation of Primary Six students. * 1881 – School joined the "Grant-in-aid" scheme. Among the existing Grant Schools, St. Francis' was the first girls' school in the program.

20th century

* 1920–1940 – The school consisted of a kindergarten, a primary school and a junior secondary school with a total of over 500 students. The secondary section was known as "St. Francis' School", which was a girls' English school. The co-educational primary section was named as "Holy Infant School" and divided into Chinese and English sections. Although the majority of students were girls, boys under 10 years old were accepted. After graduation, boys will be promoted to other boys' secondary schools, such as St. Joseph College and

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. * 1945 – School reopened after

and was named as "Sacred Heart Junior School." * 1952 – Visit of

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Sir Alexander Grantham. * 1953 – School was renamed as "St. Francis' Canossian College." * 1956 – The East Wing (Phrase I Building for the Primary Section) was completed. The first team of Red Cross Youth Unit (Youth Unit One) in Hong Kong was formed on 5 November. * 1958 – Second phrase of the school building (Administration Block) was completed. First graduation of Form Five graduates. * 1960 – The Past Students' Association was established. Visit of Bishop Lorenzo Bianchi. With St. Francis' Hospital being moved to Old Peak Road, St. Francis' was further expanded. * 1962 – First year of Sixth Form Classes. * 1963 – The West Wing (Phrase III building for the Secondary Section) was completed. First batch of matriculants presented to

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. * 1970 – Fund-raising activities for the Hall building were launched. * 1975 – The Student Association was set up. * 1985 – School Hall building was completed. * 1986 – The Parent Teacher Association was set up. * 1994 – School celebrated its 125th anniversary with the motto "The World needs our Care." * 1998 – Conversion of the covered playground into a Multi-purpose unit.

21st century

* 2000 – The campus was extensively damaged by

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on 24 August. The school reopening was postponed to mid-September. * 2002 – Project Learning curriculum was implemented in junior classes. * 2004 – School celebrated its 135th anniversary with the motto "Our Dream is still Alive." * 2009 – School celebrated its 140th anniversary with the motto "Magdalene's Dream in Motion." * 2010 – The new campus of the primary section was completed and the official move-in was in September. * 2011 – Open Day for the new campus of the primary section. Michael Suen Ming-yeung was the honourable guest of the opening ceremony. The secondary section started seeking consultation for the redevelopment project in

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. The owners of the nearby luxury homes once complained about the new campus design due to the fear of depreciation in property values. * 2012 – First Swimming Gala. Fund-raising campaign for the redevelopment of the secondary section, "Bring Back Our Angels", was launched. * 2013 – "Bring Back Our Angels" Fund-raising Variety Show was held at Lyric Theatre,

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delivered an opening speech as an officiating guest. Bowie Wu Fung performed as a special guest since his three daughters were

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List of Principals

School information

Principal and supervisor

*Current Principal: Mr. Kenneth Law *Current Supervisor: Sr. Agnes Law *Current Vice Principal: Ms. Rebecca Lee *Current Vice Principal: Ms. Jowan Wan *Current Vice Principal: Ms. Irene Ho

School motto

''Veritas in Charitate''
(English: Live by the Truth in Love; Chinese: "力行仁愛實踐真理")
This motto encourages all Franciscans to embrace Christian values through a life of integrity and charity, along with an emphasis upon spiritual growth, social awareness, compassion and a clear sense of justice.

Admission

Form One students mostly come from the feeder primary school. Around eighty percent of the Primary Six graduates are accepted into the secondary section. Other students are admitted through Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System. The majority of admitted students belong to Band One, the top one-third of all students in Hong Kong.

Class structure

There are 24 classes in total with 4 classes at each level, from Form One to Form Six (A, B, C, D).

Curriculum

English is the medium of instruction for all subjects except for

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and

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. Junior forms follow the territory secondary school curriculum and senior forms follow the

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curriculum.

School Campus

All classrooms, special rooms and School Hall are air-conditioned and provided with Internet access. Each classroom is equipped with a TV set, a projector, a display screen and a video-cassette recorder. Special rooms include four computer rooms, Multimedia Learning Center, Independent Learning Center, Library, Laboratories, Needlework Room equipped with computer facilities. File:Sfcc dec2018 02.png, Main Entrance File:Sfcc dec2018 03.png, Classroom & Administration Block File:Sfcc dec2018 04.png, Assembly Hall Block File:Sfcc dec2018 05.png, Car Park & Link Bridge

School uniform

The school uniform of St. Francis' has the same design as the two other sister schools', SHCC and SMCC, but differentiated by colors and school badges. St. Francis' has a very strict policy on uniforms and grooming. Unannounced uniform inspection will be conducted throughout the school year.

Summer uniform

White short sleeve dress with turn-down collar and pleated bottom, blue waist belt, blue skinny tie, white short socks and black leather shoes. Navy blue or black or white cardigan or sweater of simple style is allowed when necessary. White slip is compulsory to even out the high transparency of the white uniform dress. No other garment can be used as a substitute.

Winter uniform

Navy blue jumper with pleated bottom, white long sleeve turn-down collar blouse, blue waist belt, blue skinny tie, navy blue short socks and black leather shoes. Navy blue or black cardigan or sweater of simple style is allowed when necessary.

School tie

The school tie of junior forms and senior forms are different. Form One to Form Four students wear

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( ) plain skinny tie. Form Five to Form Six students wear

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( ) school badge patterned skinny tie.

Sports uniform

Sports shirt corresponding to the color associated with the house and navy blue athletic shorts.

Hair style

Hair longer than shoulder length must be neatly tied up with dark blue or black ornaments.

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hairstyle and use of gel, hair spray, mousse or hair-coloring are forbidden.

Student activities

Student formation

*Career's Guidance Team *Civic Education Team *Counselling Team *Discipline Team *I.T. Team *Religious Team *Sex and Health Education Team *Student Association (SA) *Student Librarian Union (SLU)

Extracurricular activities

The school has 4 houses, 20 clubs and interest groups, which are divided into 5 categories and managed by Student Association:

Four houses

Each student or teacher is randomly assigned to a house upon joining the school. Four houses will be competing in different inter-house contests throughout the school year. The house with the highest scores will be awarded the title "House of the Year." *St. Gabriel House (仁社)
House Color: Red *St. Nicolaus House (愛社)
House Color: Blue *St. Patrick House (忠社)
House Color: Green *St. Valentina House (信社)
House Color: Yellow

Publications

*Bloom (School Newspaper) *蕾報 (Chinese version of Bloom) *Yearbook

Feeder primary school

St. Francis' Canossian School (

: SFCS;

: 嘉諾撒聖方濟各學校) is a whole-day girls' school offering P1 – P6 classes. The medium of instruction is Chinese that all subjects are offered in Chinese except for English Language. As the school is an

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, it is a

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that admits Primary One students through

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's Primary One Admission System in the territory. Before the school year 2008–2009, the school offered half-day schooling that P1, P3 and P5 were a p.m. class and P2, P4 and P6 were an a.m. class.
After sharing the campus with the secondary section since establishment, the school started moving to 44–46 St. Francis Street in 2008 and the construction finished in 2010. Now the school site is around 4,762m² and located below the Kennedy Road campus.
Since Canossian Daughters of Charity started managing the current school site in 1869, the site had been used for different education services, including a school for blind children in 1959 and a school for deaf-mute children in 1974. Later the site was leased to Caritas Magdalene School for mentally handicapped children in 1987 until the lease agreement with Caritas ended in 2007. SFCS School Badge.jpg, School Badge St. Francis' Canossian School, Wan Chai (Hong Kong).jpg, School Campus

School song

List of notable alumnae in alphabetical order

Politics and business

* Anna Mak (麥周淑霞) – Former deputy director (services) of

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* Anita Chan Lai-Ling (陳麗玲) – Spouse of Chan Shu Kui, former president of Bonds Group of Companies, former president of Chan's Educational Organisation Limited. *

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(余若薇) –

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, former member of

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and former (founding) leader of

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. *

(林鄭月娥) –

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, former Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong. (Traditional Chinese) * Dana Lau Sing-she (劉聖雪) – Member of

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* Eunice Yung Hoi-yan (容海恩) –

, member of

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and member of

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(楊何蓓茵) – Permanent Secretary for

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of Hong Kong, former Commissioner for

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of Hong Kong * Janet Chu (朱蔡鳴鳳) – Former Assistant Head of

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* Jenny Fung Ma Kit-han (馮馬潔嫻) – Chairman of Hong Kong Paralympic Committee & Sports Association for the Physically Disabled, spouse of former Secretary General of the Legislative Council, Ricky Fung Choi-cheung and managed public relations for

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's Hong Kong Chief Executive Election Campaign in 2012. * Laura Cha Shih May-lung (查史美倫) – Non-official member of

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, Chairman of

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, Hong Kong deputy to the

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and Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of

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. * Lina Yan Hau-yee (殷巧兒) – Recipient of Medal of Honour, Chairman of

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, Director of Concerted Efforts Resource Centre, Former Chairman of

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Convocation, former vice-chairman of

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etc. (Traditional Chinese) * Lorna Wong Lung-shi (黃浪詩) – Vice Chairman of Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation, Former Director of Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Sydney and former Director of

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. * Miranda Chiu Shung-kwok (趙崇幗) – Former Deputy Secretary for

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of Hong Kong, former Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Equestrian Events (Hong Kong) of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Company Limited, spouse of former Director of

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, Patrick Lau Lai-chiu and campaign manager of

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's Hong Kong Chief Executive Election Campaign in 2017. * Pauline Ng Tsui Fung-ying (吳徐鳳英) – Former Assistant Commissioner of

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, Personnel * Rita Suen Chung Siu-fan (孫鐘小芬) – Spouse of former Secretary for Education,

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, and mathematics teacher at St. Francis' until 1990s (

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, Ingrid Yeung, Miranda Chiu etc. were Suen's students). * Viola Chan Man Yee-wai (陳文綺慧) – Ex-officio Member of

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etc.

Education

* Emily Mok Fung Yee (莫鳳儀) – Council member of HKAPA, recipient of Medal of Honour, selected as The Ten Outstanding Young Persons, former Head of DBC Radio Campus etc. * Ho Chi-Kwan (何芝君) – Professor of

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, former associate professor of the HKPU Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, Founder of The Association for the Advancement of Feminism * Kwan Sze Pui (關詩珮)－Associate Professor of Chinese and Translation Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore * Lilian Vrijmoed Kwan Lee-ping (關利平) – Former Dean of Student Learning of CityU and former professor of CityU Department of

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* Mamie Lau (劉美明) – Specialist in

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, Founder and Director of RadHealth * Nancy Chan Woo Mei-hou (陳胡美好) – Former Principal of

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Sports

* Valerie Ma Kwan-ching (馬君正) – Hong Kong

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Representative

Culture and performing arts

* Abbie Yip (葉文炘) – Former financial news anchor of Now TV Hong Kong * Anny Chong (莊安宜) – Former chief news anchor of

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* Annie Wong (黃婉瑩) – Multimedia cookery instructor, hostess of the cookery section of 'Pleasure & Leisure' on

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and author of cooking books. * Anita Fung (馮翠珊) – President of

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Asia and spouse of

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. * Blanche Tang (鄧藹霖) – DJ of

RTHK Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) is the public broadcasting service of Hong Kong. GOW, the predecessor to RTHK, was established in 1928 as the first broadcasting service in Hong Kong. As a government department under the Commerce and Econom ...

, media professional, author and columnist. * Erica Li Man (李敏) – Writer, lyricist, screenwriter, singer and hostess. * Flavia Wong (黃可盈) – Artiste * Frank Ching (秦家聰) – Journalist, columnist and author. One of very few male students of St. Francis'. * Gabriel Kwan (關懿婷) – Former news anchor of

and

ATV ATV may refer to: Broadcasting * Amateur television *Analog television Television broadcaster * Andorra Televisió * Anguilla Television * Ayna TV, Afghanistan * ATV (Armenia) * ATV (Aruba), NBC affiliate * ATV (Australian TV station), Melbourn ...

and Head of Corporate & Business Communications at

Standard Chartered Bank Standard Chartered PLC is a British multinational bank with operations in wealth management, Wholesale banking, corporate and investment banking, and treasury services. Despite being headquartered in the United Kingdom, it does not conduct retai ...

. * Jennifer Chan (JC) (陳泳彤) – Singer * Lee Bo Ying (李寶瑩) –

Cantonese opera Cantonese opera is one of the major categories in Chinese opera, originating in southern China's Guangdong Province. It is popular in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Macau and among Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. Like all versions of ...

maestro *

Rosa Lee Rosa Mabel Lee (1884-1976) was a British statistician, the first woman scientist to be employed by the Marine Biological Association and the first woman to work as a government fishery scientist in the United Kingdom. Lee studied the growth o ...

(李家怡) – Singer-songwriter, contestant of The Voice (Hong Kong) and recipient of

Hong Kong Outstanding Students Awards The Hong Kong Outstanding Students Award ( zh, t=香港傑出學生選舉) is a student contest in Hong Kong. The Award aims to encourage promising students with outstanding academic, extra-curricular and community service achievements, and mor ...

. * Sze Mei-ling (斯美玲) – Former Chief Editor of Cantonese and Mandarin News at

KTSF KTSF (channel 26) is an independent television station in San Francisco, California, United States, broadcasting in a variety of languages, most notably Chinese. The station is owned by the Lincoln Broadcasting Company and maintains studios ...

(

San Francisco Bay Area The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a List of regions of California, region of California surrounding and including San Francisco Bay, and anchored by the cities of Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose, California, S ...

). * Toby Chan (陳庭欣) – Artiste, winner of Miss Hong Kong 2010. (only graduated from the primary section) * Vincci Cheuk Wan-chi (卓韻芝) – Former DJ of

Commercial Radio Hong Kong Commercial Radio Hong Kong (CRHK, , also known as Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Company Limited, is one of the two commercial radio broadcasting companies in Hong Kong, alongside Metro Radio Hong Kong. CRHK offers a variety of radio prog ...

, creative professional, author, emcee etc. * Virginia Maher – Journalist * Winkie Lai (黎美言) – Singer, member of the cantopop trio group

HotCha HotCha is a former Hong Kong cantopop trio group presented by Neway Star Entertainment. The members include Regen Cheung ( 張惠雅), Crystal Cheung ( 張紋嘉), and Winkie Lai ( 黎美言). The group debuted on April 4, 2007 and disbanded i ...

. * Wong Ming-lok (黃明樂) – Author and former Campaign Manager of

Alan Leong Alan Leong Kah-kit ( zh, c=梁家傑; born 22 February 1958), SC is a former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, representing the Kowloon East geographical constituency and former chairman of the now-disbanded Civic Party. He was ...

's Chief Executive election campaign in 2007.

Sister schools in Hong Kong

Sacred Heart Canossian College Sacred Heart Canossian College ( Chinese: 嘉諾撒聖心書院; abbr: 'SHCC') is a Catholic, all-girls' school established at Robinson and Caine Roads, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong. Founded in 1860, the school currently serves under 2,000 students an ...

St. Mary's Canossian College St. Mary's Canossian College () is a Catholic girls secondary school in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The school was founded in 1900, and is situated at the junction of Austin Road and Chatham Road South. The school, known as St Mary's ...

Canossa College Canossa College () is a Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholi ...

* Holy Family Canossian College * Pui Tak Canossian College

External links

St. Francis' Canossian CollegeSFCC Alumni Association Ontario

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Francis' Canossian College Secondary schools in Hong Kong Catholic secondary schools in Hong Kong Wan Chai Educational institutions established in 1869 Mid-Levels Girls' schools in Hong Kong Primary schools in Hong Kong Roman Catholic primary schools in Hong Kong Canossian educational institutions 1869 establishments in the British Empire